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Augustine of Hippo — quotes
Augustine may be the most misquoted author on the internet — many of the lines that circulate under his name appear nowhere in his works. Every quote below is verified verbatim against the Confessions in Albert C. Outler's translation and cited to its book and chapter, and the full text is one click away.
On God
“Thou hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in thee.”
On love
“Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without, and I sought thee out there. … Thou didst call and cry aloud, and didst force open my deafness. Thou didst gleam and shine, and didst chase away my blindness. … Thou didst touch me, and I burned for thy peace.”
On grace
“Give what thou commandest, and command what thou wilt.”
On conversion
“Pick it up, read it; pick it up, read it.”
Every quote above is from Confessions — read it in context.
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